Frosted spider's web

I've taken a few photographs of spiders' webs over the years. Usually they have featured droplets of water. Today's web picked up water from a mist that descended in the evening and continued overnight. Then, as the temperature dropped below freezing as daylight appeared, the water became ice. We spotted it as we walked past the yew hedge that supported it. As I processed this shot I wondered if the spider wasn't being a touch optimistic. Surely flies are few and far between at this time of year, in these weather conditions, and anyway would be careful to avoid such a highly visible web.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Nikon Z 5

The tallest hedge in Britain?

At our last house we had the unenviable task of cutting a hedge that was abut 120 feet long and 10 feet high. When I saw the hedge cutting featured in today's photograph I remembered our hedge and reflected that the job was as nothing compared with the task of keeping this monster in shape. I don't know whether this hedge at Cirencester Park is the tallest in Britain but there can't be many, if any, that surpass it. You might wonder why a country house that is surrounded by a stone wall as tall as that in the photograph needs a hedge behind it. It must, I think, be because the house is next to the streets and houses of the town and a taller barrier was felt necessary to preserve the privacy of the owners. Incidentally, watching this hedge cutting was probably the highpoint of our grandson's visit to Cirencester.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100